Blood Cancer Awareness Month – 1st – 30th September 2024 #TogetherAgainstBloodCancer

Join us this September to shine a light on blood cancer.

Blood Cancer Awareness Month is held every September to raise the profile of blood cancer, which doesn’t get the attention of other cancers.

Blood cancer is a type of cancer that affects your blood cells. Leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma are some of the most common types of blood cancer. There are also types called MPNs and MDS.

Blood cancer is caused by changes (mutations) in the DNA within blood cells. This causes the blood cells to start behaving abnormally. In almost all cases, these changes are linked to things we can’t control. They happen during a person’s lifetime, so they are not genetic faults you can pass on.

Some types of blood cancer affect children. Symptoms and treatment can be different between children and adults and early diagnosis can significantly improve treatment outcomes.

Over 40,000 people are diagnosed with a blood cancer each year in the UK, and over 250,000 people are currently living with blood cancer.

Visit Blood Cancer UK to learn more and access resources to help you spread the word.